No. 61 — School starts tomorrow
. Today is July 20, 2023, and you’re reading the newsletter from Médianes.
Today, we're getting ready for the start of the school year
Hello, everyone,
New episodes of our podcast *Chemins* are now available on all streaming platforms! We’re thrilled to present this second season, which focuses on accelerating a project.
After launch, how can you accelerate your media outlet’s growth? Leadership management, maintaining independence, diversification… The leaders of La Déferlante, Contexte, and Mediapart share their insights.
Back to this issue. Today, we’re sharing three tips on administration and organization to help you stay on top of things as the school year begins. And in our news roundup: a Scottish magazine, a New Caledonian newspaper, and job listings, of course.
Enjoy the read,
— Marine Slavitch and Baptiste Thevelein
Why not?
Ideas for Your Media
While it’s important to make the most of summer to recharge and refuel, the summer months also offer an opportunity to get back on track from a managerial, organizational, and editorial standpoint. Here are our tips for saving time and boosting your peace of mind and well-being.
The Right Tools
This is a good time for self-reflection—why not take this opportunity to evaluate—and perhaps change—the tools you use at work? Nothing is more frustrating than feeling held back by a third-party service. So to help you make choices or discover new possibilities, we’re giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the tools we use every day here at Médianes.
The Right Schedule
Have you spent the year agreeing to meetings on Fridays at 6 p.m.? To prevent a last-resort solution from becoming the norm, consider reorganizing your calendar. Our advice? Schedule blocks of time in your calendar for focused work or when meetings are off-limits. If you do this every day, you’ll save precious time. Need some inspiration? Here are the rules for organizing meetings from Médianes.
The Right Study
The start of the school year is also a time to reassess the needs and habits of your audience. At [company name]Médianes, we’re taking advantage of the summer to conduct an audience survey aimed at the readers of our articles and newsletters. To take the survey, click here. And to learn about the methodology and see concrete examples to help inspire you as you conduct your own survey, we’ve included a handy guide here that’s ready to be adapted to your media outlet.
Over in Médianes
Spotlight on a Project
For several months now, we’ve had the pleasure of working with ereb, the new name and project for Cafébabel. In particular, we helped launch the In Vivo newsletter, available in three languages (French, English, and Italian), which features an exclusive firsthand account every two weeks that offers an intimate look at European current events, along with cultural recommendations and a press roundup highlighting the editorial team’s top picks. Sign up now to find out more!
On Our Radar
Our market monitoring to support your projects
PATHWAYS / CÉCILE SOURD, MEDIAPART
GOOD MANAGEMENT FOR GROWTH
With 220,000 paying digital subscribers and 139 employees, Mediapart is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and reaching a milestone with new initiatives and the upcoming departure of its co-founder, Edwy Plenel. How can the company manage this transition? How can the organization maintain the same high standards in management as it does in journalism? Cécile Sourd, the newspaper’s executive director, answers our questions.
PATHWAYS / VALENTIN LEVETTI, STUPID ECONOMICS
MAINTAINING ONE'S INDEPENDENCE
For the past 7 years, Stupid Economics has been making economics accessible to its more than 273,000 subscribers on YouTube and 13,000 subscribers on Twitch. Opposed to advertising and sponsorships, the outlet is now funded by monthly contributions from its audience. How can an independent media outlet grow faster on YouTube? How can transparency be turned into a strength in its business model? Valentin Levetti, the outlet’s co-founder, shares his insights.
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It's homemade
OWEN HUCHON – MEDIANES.ORG
FUNDING A REPORT: THE EXAMPLE OF MEDIACITÉS
Unable to rely solely on subscriptions to fund a costly photo report on the A69 highway, Mediacités is inviting its readers to help make the project a reality through donations. This is a new initiative for the media outlet, one that has taught them a great deal despite its modest results.
In Brief
That way, you'll know
→ Brut., Marsactu, mūsae: These media outlets are hiring. Check out their job openings.
→ Creatis is launching the 4th edition of the Horizons program, aimed at those working on a project involving newsletters, podcasts, or video. A program that Médianes is a partner of
→ *La Revue écossaise* announces the release of its second issue, dedicated to the scientific community in Scotland.
→ A new daily newspaper is launching in New Caledonia following the closure of *Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes*. Discover *La Voix du Caillou*.
→ Companies share their experiences regarding access to information on pay levels within their organizations. What are the benefits, and how is this implemented?
See you on August 3!
We’d like to take this opportunity to welcome the teams at Nice-Matin, Le Figaro, and Grand-Mercredi, as well as everyone who has recently subscribed to this newsletter.
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See you on August 3 for the next edition. Until then, take care of yourselves and your social media.
— THIS NEWSLETTER WAS PREPARED BY MARINE SLAVITCH AND BAPTISTE THEVELEIN WITH THE MÉDIANES TEAM.
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